I just got a copy of the prepared testimony from the GPO for today’s hearing in the legislative appropriations committee. (embedded below).

Notably, they discuss appropriations for the FDSYS system for digital government-wide documents access, and illustrate the efficiency that has come with digital technology. They also discuss web-harvesting, and the FDLP expenditures.
There’s a [...]

Yesterday’s legislative branch subcommittee hearing featured testimony from from Dr. James Billington, the Librarian of Congress. He gave an update on current LoC initiatives, and described funding priorities. From the testimony:
Demand for online services, increased pressure on web services operations to enhance THOMAS, the World Digital Library (WDL), and the Legal Information Services [...]

I moderated a panel today (I guess yesterday, at this hour) at IPDI’s Politics Online Conference, proudly featuring Greg Palmer, Peggy Garvin, and Derek Willis. There wasn’t any official recording of the event, but a reporter from Mashable in the front row more than took up for all of our slack, deploying what was [...]

For the best review of current executive e-gov initiatives, probably the best source is this report from OMB on implementing the e-government act of 2002 (pdf, from this page). The most recent report provides details about spending priorities, and by-agency reviews of successful e-gov initiatives.
For all the discussion about what the next administration might [...]

I have a question:
State legislatures define the borders of their congressional districts when they “redistrict”, every ten years. The number of districts per state is assigned on the basis of the census (this is “apportionment”).
How are the borders of congressional districts defined?
Do state legislatures pass what amounts to a list of complex geographical shapes? [...]

Congressional Republicans recently released a high production value video on the FISA fight, which prompted a quick response video in return. Political positions and identities are crafted in slicker and more appealing ways, witnessed also in recent discussions of presidentials’ skill at creating a coherent brand. While self-promotion is somewhat essential to [...]